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Indefinite article - a (some)
a cat - some cat
a tree, a door, a house, a garden, a zebra
an apple, an ear, an idea, an orange, an umbrella

Definite article - the (this one)
the cat - (this) cat
the orange - (this) orange
   Plural:
cat - cats
door - doors
house - houses
fish - fish
ox - oxen

Adjectives


Adjectives describe nouns

nice - nicer - the nicest
big - bigger - the biggest
important - more important - the most important
beautiful - more beautiful - the most beautiful
expensive - more expensive - the most expensive

Irregular adjectives:
bad/evil - worse - worst
far - further - furthest
good - better - best
many/much - more - most
near - nearer - nearest
old - elder - eldest

Adverbs


near - nearer - the nearest
quickly - more quickly - the most quickly

Pronouns


I - me - my - mine - myself
you - you - your - yours - yourself

he - him - his - his - himself
she - her - her - hers - herself
it - it - its - its - itself

we - us - our - ours - ourselves
you - you - your - yours - yourselves
they - them - their - theirs - themselves

Quantity:
a couple - 2 or 4
a little, a few - 3 or 8
a lot, much, many - 100 or 1000
some, any - more than 0
no, none - 0
one - 1
all - all together
every, each - every single one
both - each one of two
plenty of
enough
other, another - next one

Prepositions


above - located over something
below - under
after - following something
along - next to
among - between several other things
around - located next to on several sides
at - next to, close
before - preceding in time
between - located
beyond - located behind
by - next to
up
down
from - originating somewhere
in front of - located closer to the observer than something else
in - located inside an area or container
into
left - <-
right - ->
on - na
through - skrz
to - do
under - pod


Verbs


Basic verbs:
be, have, do, go, can, work, need help, walk, pull, push, hold, speak, read

Present tense
I read - Do I read? - I do not read
I am reading - Am I reading? - I am not reading

Past tense
I answered - Did I answer? - I did not answer
I was answering - Was I answering? - I was not answering

Future
I will go - Will I go? - I will not go

Present tense

I work
you work
he works
she works
it works

we work
you work
they work
Past tense

I worked
you worked
he worked
she worked
it worked

we worked
you worked
they worked
Future

I will work
you will work
he will work
she will work
it will work

we will work
you will work
they will work

I am
you are
he is
she is
it is

we are
you are
they are
I was
you were
he was
she was
it was

we were
you were
they were
I will be
you will be
he will be
she will be
it will be

we will be
you will be
they will be

Irregular verbs

Modal verbs
I can / I cannot, I can't
I could / I could not, I couldn't
I may / I may not
I am allowed to / I am not allowed to
I must / I must not, I mustn't
I have to
I had to
I might
I should / I should not, I shouldn't
I would / I would not, I wouldn't
I will / I won't

Nouns


Singular and plural:
cat - cats
table - tables
photo - photos

hero - heroes
bus - buses

Uncountable (materials a abstract things):
water, food, music, success
Irregular:
child - children
foot - feet
man - men
mouse - mice
tooth - teeth


Conjunctions


and, as well as, although, still, however, or, either .. or, so, thus


Numbers

0 - zero
1 - one
2 - two
3 - three
4 - four
5 - five
6 - six
7 - seven
8 - eight
9 - nine
10 - ten
11 - eleven
12 - twelve
13 - thirteen
14 - fourteen
20 - twenty
21 - twenty-one
22 - twenty-two
30 - thirty
40 - forty
50 - fifty
60 - sixty
70 - seventy
80 - eighty
90 - ninety
100 - one hundred
1000 - million

About English grammar


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